Tamperproof container for distilled liquors



April 2, 1935. J. M. CROSS 1,996,574

TAMPERPROOF CONTAINER .FOR DISTILLED LIQUORS Filed Feb. 2, 1954 Strom; S

Patented Apr. 2, 1935 f UNITED 'sr-Ares TAMPERPROOF PATENT ori-lcs Leader;

CONTAINER Fon DIs'rILLEn LIQUoRs A Jack`rM. Cross, vNew York, N.Y.`,.assignor to .Con-

tinental Can Company, Inc., New York, N. Y.,

` a corporation of New Yorkt pplication February 2,

1934, serial No. .709,537

s claims. (o1. 20s-4c) a bending Aor spinning'operation, and providing' said skirtwith a tearing lstrip 4which may be re-A moved to give access to the contents of the container. VClosures of this type, however, can be 'removed by straightening the metal so as to release it and, after the closure is removed, the contents of the container may' be withdrawn vand changed, after which the same closure can be yre-attached to thecontaineror a new closure can be supplied at little expense. Effortshave also been made to prevent^` tampering with the contents of a'containerfor distilled `liquorsby en# closing a glass container therefor in a metal con--y -tainer havingv ends seamed thereto, which rmetal container' is of uniform cross-:section throughout and is provided with a tearing strip adjacent one of the end seams.- Itis very easy to withdraw the glass container fromsuch a metal container 4after it has 'been-opened and substitute another therefor with an inferior grade ofl liquor and dispense therefrom under the label on the metal container.. Such a metal container is also objectionable astherglass'container 'can only beopened after 'removal or partial removal from the `outer metal container-,and therefore the i two containers' cannot be permanently connected.V Furthermore; there is an outstandingraw edge of metal that is likely to injure the h'ands in Aopening the container.` r n An object ofthe present invention is topro- .vide a container for distilled liquors which includes an inner glass container and an outer metal container which completely encloses said glass container and which is so shaped that when the metal container is ruptured for giving access to the glass containerwithin, the glass container Aand the metal container are still joined so that they cannot be separated from one another.

A Afurtherobject of ther invention is to provide a container'of the above typewhich is so constructed that when said metal container is severed., the neck portion and theclosure therefor of the glass container Vis exposedso that the glassvcontainer may be opened andthe contents readily dispensed therefrom inthe vusual manner. `A still further object of the invention is Ato provide a container of the above typewherein the rawedge zof metal produced by rupturing the metal containerl to open thesame is protected by the projecting neck of the inner "c z'ontaine.`

In the drawing; 'l

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through ,a Y

portion of the container embodying the improvej ments.

before the sealis broken. i` e' ing the tearing strip removed' fromfthe outer container and exposing the 'neck landclosure of the innercontainer. f

Figure 2 is a View of the top of the container Cil Figure Llis a cross-sectional view through-the container on the line 4 4 of Figure 3.V

Figure 5 isa view partly in section showing a slightly modified -forrnY of container.vv

The invention has to do Awitha container for distilled liquors or the like which is tamper-proof. VIt includes an inner glass container ofthefusual construction- Said Yglass container hasfa body a neck portion to which aclos'ure is attached^ for sealing the same.A The container for the distilled liquoralsoV includes an outer7metalcontainer having a body portionV` of uniform cross-section conforming to the maximum cross-sectionnof the glass container. /A closure end is seamed to the -lower end of this bodyjportion and ar closure end 20 portion with a rounded shoulder at thetopl and neck portion thereof. Said portion of the-metal centthe lowenportion of the; neck of `the glass container so' that when lthe tearing strip is Vref moved and the released portionA of the container i emoved,the neck and closureof theA glassfconl i tainer willbe 'c imosed.` Y Y Referring more in detail to the drawing jthe improved tamper-proof, V`container includes 'an in ner glass container' I which may jbeA of any de#- sired cross-section but which is preferably oval in cross-section.. The glass container is provided with a rounded shoulder 2 which terminatesin a neck portion?. This inner container as shown' in Figures.1tto 3 offthe drawing is closed 4byla Screw, .Cap v.4;:havine a 'sealing Agasket 55 which. contacts with the lip'of the'glass container. The

innerglass container is housed within a metal container which consists of a body Aportion 6 having an end closure 'I attached to the lower end thereof by a seam 8.V The body portion and Y section and is dimensioned and shaped to conform to the maximum cross-section of the container I. o

The upper end ofthe body portion terminates adjacent the ylower portion of the shoulder- `2,

that is, where said shoulder joins the; body portion of the glass container. 'Secured to the 'upper end of the body portion 6 'is an upper en'd 'closure 9 which is secured to the body portion by a similar double seam IU. This end l'closure 9 is vcurved to conform to the shoulder of the glass container and the metal container is preferably dimensioned so 'that when theV bottom of they glass container rests en the lower end closure 1., thisl upper end closure 9'wi1l contactwithjthe shoulder 2 of the glass container.

the metal container. I l nttahed to `this lend -portion 9 is a 4c :ylindrical portion H which conforms to the Yneck portion of the glass container and extendsl above-thev same. This cylindrical -portion II is'secnred to the closure end 9 by `a seam I 2 formed by van interfolding ofthe metal partsl AThe outer endA ofthe cylindrical portion II is closed by an yenddisk I3 which is Hsecured to the cylindricalportion-by a seam I4. rlfhis cylindrical portion I I is preferablyformed from a flat blank which is bent. into eylindrieal shone and -theede edges thereof are joined-by aseam If 5. This searn is of .the usual type for forming the vbodies of-cans and consists or interfolded "sections c r vlapped' .Seetione which ere Seemed .Soee'torrovide-fe perf niane'nt connection between thepart s.A Whilein ,the net, the bodyiporton ofthe eylndriool'rnemf ber H is. Scored elonsjthe lines l and "1. forms a tearing'strip VI8` between the sc ore lines, andthe blank from which this cylindrical-portion S-mdhas 'a projef'fnrf..tongueV '9. in augment with the tearingj strip. The vscore/line I 6 isadjacentthe seam I2 so'that`when aykey is applied to the tongue and the tearing strip removed, substantially the'entire neck portiony of the inner elast oonteiner. will te exposed end oneens may bereadilyhad to the screw cap 5 for removing themter .the motel hee. leeen ruptured, the neek portion and closure of the inner f glass container are exposed as"noted, but theinner glass container cannot be removed from the outer-metal closure `because it isI completely housed .between .the closure ends 'I and 9. The glass containeritselicanjonly be removed from thebody portion .of-Q the Ineteloonteiner .by e 'watering of .the mtloihat it?. @539.31015 be .reued- '.I? Wi. @Ot be. possible, to Vrenll. the. oontenel: ond eeelthe same without there being clearv evidenceY that the original package has been'ta-nipered with. 'The glasscontainer will be'fimly Aheld frornf move-4 thm'tal container 'andprotected' thereby. 'Thewglassfoiitainr' may, therefore,"be iliadeV 'of light ght and-ofA uncolfored glass.l Neither it 'necessary'to applya'labl to the. glass 'oon-'- rfas .permanently `attached' metal contfainer. may "be labeled orfdcorated as. v4desired. Furthermore,` when the tearing 'strip is removed,

th'ettw eejfee of. tne'nttetivhftn-is letti tifo-eten glass` the package.

.extends .all the way from the upper closure end 9 This will .preventany. endwise movement of theV glass container -in close to the neck Vof the container and so positioned that the person opening the container or handling the same is not likely to be injured through contact with this raw edge of themetal.

The metalcontainer described above is completed except for the attaching of the bottom closnre end: The innervglass container, after it is lil-ledv .and sealed, is placed 'in the metal container and then the lower closure 'end is secured tothe body portion by seaming. This completes Inasmuch as the glass container to the lower closure end 'I, it would not be practical to sever the. metal of the body portion adjaicent Jthe lower double lseam, change the contents "o f the glasscontaner and then re-insert the glass container 'and close the metal container by rehanging *and attaching a new end thereto, asthis wonld shorten the metal container and leave insu'cient room for the glass container. It will be opponent, then-etere, -thetv a container for distlled liquore heoloeen prov-idee wherein it is -Proetoellr impossible to .geen eeoese 4.to and ex- .ohenee the eontenteffor. en inferior erede-ef liquor Without Vthere r.being visibleevdenee of such .tempering .with .the package.

In Fienrefof'thedrewing there Ais Shown e slightly -forin of construction wherein the eines. container neck@ longer end Ais pro.- vided with an an-nnlar groove 20. After the glass container is inserted -in vthe meta-1 container, the cylindrical portion Ai -I .inl the region :of like. annular groove is beodedinwardlreo as -to lock the con.- ta-ners together. The ylower en d is `then seemed .onto the vbody portion Iofthe, metal container. This will. prevent tneeeveringof :the'bodv portion of the -eontaner adjacent the lowerseemfend the withdrawing of the inner glass container and the substituting orf-another therefor and :then subequently reolosine the lower `end of the con.- tainer. It obvious thatother waysmayf'be'used forfinterlockng the glass containerwith-the metal o ontniner.so that teeannot be removedneven by removing the lower :end of `said metal container.

Other-Wise the structure `shown A.in `Figure 5 is similar to that shown in Figures =1`to-4 and :clefy .s cribedabove. Y

It is obvious that minor changesiinithefshaping of the containersand'thedetails ofthevconstruction nsed may-be Ymade Without. departing from the' spirit of the invention fasesetfforth'in'therap, lpended claims. .-It Vis` essential, however, fthat the metal container Iwhich. rencloses the inner zglass container shall :have 'its parts secured'fby seaming, -or --in some way so =as to. produceua permanent structure wherein the parts cannotbe'readily separated, and-also that the :containers :shall be so constructed that theycannot jbe separated after the outer metal-container has limonl opened.

' Having thus -describedttihe invention, what yI clainr-asnewl and-desire to secure -byfl'settersfPate ent, is:

lfn'ltampereproofcontainer 'for'. distilled liqucr-s .compr-isingran inner glass' container having a shoulderfandga neckl portiongaI closurefor seal.-

ingsaid glassoeontainenean.outer metal container oompletelyenelosi-nesaideglass container andthe closure-therefor, andv having-a body portioni.com

container and having a projecting closed cylindrical portion adapted to receive and house the neck portion of the 'glass container and the closure therefor, said projecting portion being provided with/score lines disposed at a distance below the upper end of the neck portion of the glass container and forming a tearing strip which may be used for rupturing the metal of said outer container for uncovering and exposing the neck portion of the glass container and the closure therefor.

2. A tamper-proof container for distilled liquors comprising an inner glass container having a shoulder and a neck portion, a closure `for sealing said glass container, an outer metal container completely enclosing said glass container and the closure therefor and having a body portion conforming in cross-section to the maximum crosssection of the glass container and terminating adjacent the lower portion of said shoulder, aclosure end seamed to the lower end of said body portion, and a closure end seamed to the upper end of said body portion, said upper closure end being shaped to conform to the shoulder on the glass container, a cylindrical portion seamed to said end closure and extending beyond the closure for said glass container, a disk seamed to the outer end of said cylindrical portionfor closing the same, said cylindrical portion having score lines formed therein setting off a tearing strip between the score lines which is provided with a projecting tongue adapted to receive a key for the rupturing of the metal along the scorelines, said score lines being disposed a distance below the upper end of the neck portion of the glass container so that when the metal is ruptured. and the upper part of the cylindrical portion removed, the neck portion of the glass container and they closure therefor will be exposed. Y 3, A tamper-proof container for Adistilled liquors comprising an inner glass container having a shoulder and a neck portion, a closure for sealing said glass container, an outer metal container completely enclosing said glass container and the closure therefor and having a body portion conforming in cross-section to the maximum crosssection of the glass container and terminating adjacent the lower portion ofsaid shoulder, a .closure end seamed to the lower end of said body portion, and a closure end seamed to the upper end of said body portion, said upper'closure end being shaped tolconform to the shoulder on the glass container and having a projecting closed cylindrical portion adapted to receive and house the neck portion of the glass containerl and the closure therefor, said projecting portion being provided with score lines disposed at a distance below the upper end of the neck portion of Vthe glass container and forming a tearing stripv which may be used for rupturing the metal of said outer con` tainer -for uncovering and exposing the neck portion of the glass container and the closure there- A for, said neck portion of the glass container and said projecting portion of the closure end having inter-engaging parts for permanentlyY attaching said inner and outer containers together.

JACK M. CROSS. 

